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Second, saying the deadline is May 2 pushes people to act soon, which is what’s most convenient for TAD.

Last year, taxpayers filed 65,000 protests, and it’s a lot of work getting them processed.

But if you thought deadline meant you had to file by May 2, you’re wrong.

You can still file until midnight, May 31.

Or, with “good cause,” the protest form says, you could do it even later.

To summarize, there’s the May 2 deadline to suit TAD’s convenience, then there’s almost a month when you can still file, then there’s a May 31 deadline, which might not really be a deadline if you qualify to file later.